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Request for Adoption of a Resolution to Proceed with the Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) Program
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Whereas, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation has created the statewide Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) program to help identify and strengthen areas in a community’s development process and highlight opportunities in the community, and
Whereas, the City of Rochester Hills has begun participation in the RRC program, including entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with the MEDC executed on August 28, 2017, and
Whereas, the MEDC completed an evaluation of the City’s development practices as documented in the RRC Baseline Report for the City of Rochester Hills in January 2018 and concluded that the City of Rochester Hills has completed 68% of the RRC criteria and is in the process of completing another 29%, and
Whereas, the City of Rochester Hills recognizes the value of the RRC program and desires to achieve certification by implementing the best practices and recommended actions for certification as outlined in the RRC Baseline Report for the City of Rochester Hills, and
Whereas, after review of the RRC Baseline Report for the City of Rochester Hills, the City is willing to complete the recommended actions for certification as outlined in the report as follows:
1. Complete the Master Plan update and conduct an annual review on progress on meeting goals and objectives.
2. Complete the Public Participation Plan.
3. Develop a checklist of items to be covered at the conceptual plan review meeting.
4. Create a flowchart outlining the internal review process, including timelines.
5. Create flowchart outlining the site plan, conditional use, PUD, and rezoning processes, including timelines.
6. Develop a customer feedback mechanism and review the feedback with the development review team annually.
7. Publish a Guide to Development.
8. Establish desired skillsets for development-related boards and commissions.
9. Dev...
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